*ISLAMABAD:* The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) hassent letter of advice to TV Channel for derogatory language against ArmedForces of Pakistan.
PEMRA has ‘taken notice’ of anti-military and anti-judiciary comments madeby guests on two different private television channels.
PEMRA sent letters of ‘advice’ to Aab Taak news and Bol News for airinganti-military and anti-judiciary comments. Aab Taak news found itself introuble over the programme “Tonight with Fareeha” in which one of theguests, Saddique ul Farooq, allegedly passed derogatory remarks against thearmed forces of Pakistan.
The other news channel, Bol News, was criticised for their programme“Tajziay Sami Ibrahim kay saath” in which a guest, politician Ch JaffarIqbal, made offensive comments regarding the judiciary.
The notification was among two other notifications of ‘advice’ issued bythe media regulatory body, one of which had regarding pundit Orya MaqboolJan’s ‘derogatory remarks’ against Meesha Shafi, and the other aboutsmoking scenes in a television drama aired by Pashto 1.
The notices further state that airing of such content is in directviolation of PEMRA Ordinance 2002, PEMRA Rules 2009 and Electronic Media(Programmes and Advertisements) Code of Conduct 2015.
The news channels have also been advised to have more robust editorialoversight and to utilise time-delay mechanism properly, so that abusive andundesirable foul language could be averted during the programmes.